Mbazwana is a town in Umhlabuyalingana Local Municipality and is part of Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Mbazwana
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Coordinates: 27.500°S 32.579°E / -27.500; 32.579
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	uMkhanyakude
Municipality	uMhlabuyalingana
Area [1]
• Total	10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,312
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.9%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	93.8%
• English	1.7%
• S. Ndebele	1.4%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	3974
Area code	035

Settlement and plantation some 50 km east of Ubombo. Presumably takes its name from the tributary of the Mseleni. The name, of Zulu origin, is said to mean ‘small axe’, after a person called Mbazwana.[2]

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